Benjamin A Ginther Jr.

Ben A. Ginther, Jr., passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 4, 2015. He was born to Ben and Mariàn-Esther (Flint) Ginther on May 23, 1925. He would have been 90 next month. His ancestors were among the wave of Russian-Germans who came to this area in the 1880s. Ben grew up on the Adams County farm that his German grandfather had bought in 1902, and farmed there until 2009.

He was a founding member of the Good Luck 4-H Club in the 1930s. He attended one year of school at the Zion Lutheran School in Brighton, but 11 years at Eastlake School and was the only Eastlake graduate in 1943. He served in the US Army in the last year of World War II, stationed in Korea. He was a long-time member and retiree of the West Adams County Volunteer Fire Department. He and his life-long friend, Howard Cundall, continued to be active in Good Luck 4-H into adulthood.

In 1947, he married Barbara Coan from Keenesburg, with whom he spent the next 67 years, raised six kids, and continued to farm. He was never happier than when he driving a tractor, setting irrigation tubes, fixing fence on his mountain pasture, or caring for his cattle. Ben loved the outdoors and the farming life. He managed his father's and grandfather's farm, raised cattle, had a custom hay hauling business (and was known to load and unload 42 tons of hay per day), and supplemented his income by working at Time DC Trucking and Great Western Sugar Factory in the wintertime. Ben was a long time member of the Roman Catholic Church. He traveled to the Holy Land, England, Ireland, Guatemala, and many states in the USA.

His is survived by his sister, Nina Schloo, of Brighton, and six children: one daughter, Brenda Jackson of Joplin, Missouri (James); and five sons: Bruce Ginther of Broomfield (JoAnne), Brett Ginther of rural Brighton (Marge), Bart Ginther of Brush (Mary), Paul Ginther of Wichita, Kansas (Teri), and Steve Ginther of New York City (Clint). He will be greatly missed by 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and many nieces,nephews, friends, and neighbors.

The viewing and Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. at St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Brighton on Tuesday, April 7. His funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church in Lafayette on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. He will be entombed at Evergreen Cemetery, Highway 7, Broomfield, Colorado, next to his wife.

Ben was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, his parents, his sister, Virginia, and a grandson, Adam.

Memorial contributions in honor of Ben may be made to the

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310

White Plains, NY. 10605